They say that we only use about 10% of our brain power and I’m not sure how they measure it, but I can well believe that’s true. The question is, of the thinking power we use in an average day, how much time is taken up with constructive, positive thinking, and how much is taken up by fears and anxieties? The power of the mind can be put to good use in building us up when we start to crumble. “Pull yourself together”, “you can do it” – we often need to give ourselves a little pep talk through the day, often to good effect. We can go further – David Hamilton PhD describes “How your mind can heal your body”, and it’s fascinating to think what untapped resources we have within us. I have no do

Somebody recently suggested we should all have a vision for the change we want to make in the world. It sounds ambitious – what difference can I make? But it really made me think. I realise I do have a vision. My vision is that more people recognise the link between mind, body and spirit, and that through recognising this link they unleash more of their potential. The trouble is that when you talk about spirit, a lot of people turn away, thinking that you’re going to start talking about weird stuff that makes them feel uncomfortable. Maybe a better word to start with is ‘energy’. Energy is in everything, it is everywhere all around us, but we can’t see it and we only have limited ways o

Regardless of what we want to achieve in our lives, the most important step to achieving anything is to be healthy. Ill-health can stop us in our tracks, whether it’s a head-ache or a cold that makes us want to crawl into bed, a muscle or joint pain that stops us from exercising, or any number of chronic conditions that can leave us exhausted. If we can maintain a level of wellness then we can do more, achieve more, get more enjoyment out of life. But how much time do we focus on staying well? Most people only think about their health when they’re experiencing some kind of problem. Preventative steps to stay healthy only seem to be on the agenda after some sort of illness that acts as a